Axed Newtown workers to meet union officials

Forty workers who lost their jobs when a Mid Wales manufacturer went out of business were due to meet union officials today.

Staff from the Trade Manufacturing Facility in Newtown, who have yet to receive some of their wages, were meeting Unite officers.

Last week, the firm, which made small buildings and ecopods, a form of cheap housing, gave workers a letter saying it had ceased trading as it was owed money from various customers.

No-one at the firm has been available for comment, but administrators Smith & Williamson have been appointed.